Twenty-Sixth
Sunday in the Ordinary Time(Year A)
Sunday
1st October, 2023
Preparing
the worship space
Colour: Green
Theme: Question Mark
Props: Colouring pencils or crayons, manila, ask children to draw
or write what they question themselves and not been answered.
At church time, a child takes it to the ALTER.
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7:00 - 7:03 ====
Welcome: Today we hear about two sons who are both asked to help their father. Let’s think a bit about how we can help other people today. Let’s also think about how we listen to what God asks of us and how we can do what is asked.
==== 7:00 - 7:03 ===
Entrance Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8w5AeZtOqs
The B-I-B-L-E
The B-I-B-L-E
Yes, that's the book
for me
I stand alone on the
Word of God
The B-I-B-L-E x2
Give me B, B
Give me I, I
Give me B, B
Give me L E, L E!
The B-I-B-L-E
Yes, that's the book
for me
I stand alone on the
Word of God
The B-I-B-L-E
Ask: What was last week’s theme? <“Coin....”> <WAGE/ SALARY> We talked about how generous God is to us. He gives us everything even when we don’t deserve it
//V// In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit.
//R// Amen.
//V// May The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
And
the love of God,
And
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
be
with you all.
//R// And
with Your Spirit.
==== 7:03 - 7:08 ====
NEWS
TIME :-)
==== 7:08 - 7:11 ====
Penitential
Rite
Dear
little children, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare
ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
Confession
of our sins
I
confess to the Almighty God,
and
to you, my brothers and sisters,
that
I have greatly sinned
in
my thoughts and in my words
in
what I have done and In what I have failed to do
-strike
the breast 3 times as you say-
through
my fault
through
my fault
through
my most grievous fault
THEREFORE
I ask Blessed Mary Ever Virgin
all
the Angels and Saints
and
you, my brothers and sisters
to
pray for me to the Lord our God…
Oh
Lord Have Mercy
Have Mercy on us oh Lord
For we have sinned against you.
Show us, Oh Lord, your mercy
And grant us your salvation.
You were sent to heal the contrite of heart.
Lord have Mercy
Lord have Mercy
You came to sinners
Christ have mercy
Christ have mercy
You are seated at the right hand of the father to intercede
for us.
Lord have mercy.3
Lord have mercy.
May the almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins and bring us to life everlasting? AMEN.
==== 7:11 - 7:14 ====
With a loud voice lets sing the Gloria!
GLORIA
– Song of Glory Sing
to God,
Glory, glory sing
glory to God x2
God’s own son has come
to earth,
Glory, glory sing
glory to God
Celebrate his
wonderful birth, ,,
Hear the good news of
his word, ,,
Share the sound of
hope we’ve heard. ,,
God of love, Glory to
God
God of splendor, Glory
to God
God of life, Glory to
God. ,, Glory, glory sing
glory to God x2
Let us sing, Glory to God
Sing his praise, glory
to God
Sing of peace, Glory
to God.
Glory, glory sing glory to God x2
Opening Prayer
God of love, open our ears to listen to your word. Lead us to help one another and to live our lives as you ask us to. We ask this through Christ our Lord.... Amen
== 7:14 - 7:19 ====
Liturgy of the Word
Introduction of the first reading.
Today’s
first reading, God is talking with Ezekiel. The people of Israel were
complaining that God wasn’t fair to them. He answered back in this
reading that he is fair. He talks about people living and dying.
Listen to the reading and see if you think that God really meant actual life
and death or if you think he might mean something else..
A prepared child/children come and take the reading.
Ezekiel
18:25-28 (GNT)
25
“But you say, ‘What the Lord does isn't right.’ Listen to me, you Israelites.
Do you think my way of doing things isn't right? It is your way that isn't
right. 26 When a righteous person stops doing good and starts doing evil and
then dies, he dies because of the evil he has done.
27 When someone evil stops sinning and does what is right and good, he saves his life. 28 He realizes what he is doing and stops sinning, so he will certainly not die, but go on living.
This
is the word of the Lord;
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: What did you hear that
tells about life or death? <that if you do what God wants you to
do, you will live and if you don’t you will die> Like when you look into
your parent’s face after you do something wrong, what does that feel
like? <BAD> Imagine God sees
those things people can’t see. Let’s insist on doing good, okay?
Let us now focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< Remember your mercies, O Lord..…> 3x
Introducing the Gospel
Say: Today’s
Gospel reading, Jesus was talking with some of the important people in the
Jewish church. He was trying to tell them about how to get to heaven.
Let us listen to another parable of a vineyard owner. This man sends two of his
sons to work in his vineyard...
....with
Alleluia!! –
We sing while standing and
welcome the gospel!!
Chorus:
Halleluiah, Halleluiah x3 Yelele yelele Halleluiah.
1. Eyende mbele,
Halleluiah x3 Yelele yelele Halleluiah.
2. Moto, moto, Halleluiah x3 Yelele yelele Halleluiah
The leader reading the gospel, silently says:
“Cleanse our hearts and our lips almighty God, that we may worthily proclaim
your Holy Gospel”.
The Leader starts:
-The Lord be with You,
-And with your Spirit.
A reading is from the Holy Gospel according to
St. Matthew.
Glory to You, O Lord
Matthew 21:28-32 (GNT)
The Parable of the Two Sons
28 “Now, what do you think? There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the older one and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ 29 ‘I don't want to,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. 30 Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. ‘Yes, sir,’ he answered, but he did not go. 31 Which one of the two did what his father wanted?”
“The older one,” they answered.
So Jesus said to them, “I tell you: the tax collectors and
the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you. 32 For John the
Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not
believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when
you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
“The Gospel of the Lord”
Glory and Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
==== 7:19 - 7:24 ====
(*) Tell your prepared reflecting story to motivate the children, but according to the Gospel and at children’s level of understanding like in the suggestions below…
Gospel reflection:
Ask: What happened? <let the children retell what they heard> Which son did what his father asked? <the one who said NO at first and then went to do the work>
Say: Jesus was
trying to tell the important priests that even if they did all the right things
in their church, the most important thing they needed to do was to LOVE.
God asks us to love each other. That’s number one! God told them
that the regular people who made lots of mistakes would go to heaven sooner
than the important priests would because they listened and changed their
behavior. They believed in what Jesus said and they shared his love!
Memory Verse: Mathew
“Matthew 21:29 “…. <‘I don't want to,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.>....
Let us stand up and we profess our faith.
Profession of our faith
I believe in God the Father, Almighty,
creator of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord:
--bow
down--
Who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary:
Suffered under Pontius Pilate;
was crucified, died and was buried:
He descended into hell:
The third day he rose again from the dead:
He ascended into heaven,
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty:
From there He will come to judge the living and the
dead:
I believe in the Holy Spirit:
the holy catholic church:
the communion of saints:
The forgiveness of sins:
The resurrection of the body:
And the life everlasting.
Amen.
==== 7:24 - 7:26 ====
Prayers of the Faithful Now is the time to
pray for our stuff :-) Intercessions.
You may want to ask the children to offer their own
prayers or you can use the suggestions here.
We believe that God is generous and fair and so we pray together:
Leader: We know that God loves us and so we have the courage to pray together:...
Prayer 1. We pray for world
leaders: that they may never forget people who are poor and may make decisions
for the good of all
people…
We pray to the Lord...
Prayer
2 We
pray for all our brothers and sisters throughout the world: that they may
have
the chance to grow their way out of poverty...
We
pray to the Lord...
Prayer
3.
We
pray for our parish, our families and our friends: that we may be moved to
share what we have with others, especially those who are poor or in need…
We
pray to the Lord...
Prayer
4.
Loving
God, help us to work together to build a brighter world, where each of us can
become the best person we can be. Let us learn from communities around the
world, who are working hard to grow... We pray to the Lord...
==== 7:26 - 7:28 ====
Silently, each one tells God your petition.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One
God, for ever and ever. Amen
==== 7:28 - 7:30 ====
Song Interlude: Walk Walk in the light, walk walk in the
light, Sing as we give in our offertory and we walk to the big
church... NOTE-- after the song, is being sung, we
pick the children that will perform next Sunday....Bring up A child in a way he should go, and when he is old, he
will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6
